Australian Nursing Journal articles from June 2006

Australian Nursing Journal archives from June 2006

Occupational health and safety needs employees and unions.(regulations pertaining to employee safety)(Editorial)
June 1, 2006

Both sides of the story.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I read with interest the article written by Ged Kearney 'A little respect goes a long way' (ANJ April 2006 p48) and previous articles with the same slant about doctors not respecting nurses' knowledge and experience. I am a registered nurse but...

Unsung heroes.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... In a recent article from The Age newspaper it was stated that universities are finding it difficult to find placements for student teachers. Part of the problem was that student teachers were unwilling or unable to travel to country placements....

ENs don't get a good go.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... Since being registered in 2002 as an enrolled nurse (division 2 nurse in Victoria), I have applied for many positions. Now four years and countless rejections later, I find myself discouraged, without work and considering ending my career in...

Just horsing around.(mail)(Letter to the editor)
June 1, 2006... I love horses, and I'm an RN. I am currently combining the two as a volunteer with Riding for the Disabled (RDA) which is a service that provides horse riding for people with disabilities, many of them children. I feel as close to paradise as I...

Network.(Directory)
June 1, 2006

Nurses' achievements honoured.(Nurse Aide Training )
June 1, 2006... The achievements of nurses and nursing students from all over Australia were acknowledged by the 2006 Australian Nursing Awards held at the Royal Brisbane Hospital in May. The annual awards are presented by HealthStaff Recruitment and...

Robots teach nurses bedside clinical skills.(NSW)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Two robot patients, including a world-first epidural simulator, will be used to train nurses and doctors in NSW by mimicking symptoms in real life situations, including heart attack. The patient sinmlators, based at Sydney's Royal North...

NHMRC releases new guide to healthy eating.(National Health and Medical Research Council )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has released revised Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) for Australia and New Zealand for the first time in 15 years. NRVs provide recommended intakes for kilojoules, protein,...

Overcrowding causes deaths--WA.(Perth's public hospitals overcrowd resulted in more casualties)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

PNG gets coffee benefits.(Papua New Guinea)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Child growth charts.(World Health Organization introduces growth chart)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

MSRA alert.(methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Not enough calcium.(calcium recommend daily intake guideline)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... New National Health and Medical Research Council guidelines recommend an increased daily calcium intake. According to the last National Nutrition Survey--even under old guidelines--more than half of all women and children fell short of the...

ANF announces inaugural midwifery conference.(Australian Nursing Federation)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Partnership benefits Tasmanian nursing students.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Stem cell funding.(National Adult Stem Cell Research Centre at Queensland)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Anti-sleep drug.(Modafinil use increases in Australia)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Anti-sleep drug Modafinil, designed to treat narcolepsy, is seeing increased use in Australia according to Medicare figures. 'We don't want to see a situation where an employer is suggesting people use the drug so they can spend longer on the...

Housing for mentally ill.(mentally ill housing funding)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Music therapy helps.(rehabilitation process with music therapy)
June 1, 2006

Beware the bathroom.(bathroom injuries statistics)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Safe staffing saves lives--nurses celebrate IND.(International Nurses Day)
June 1, 2006

Protocol needed for partner abuse screening.(QLD)
June 1, 2006

ADF sacks nurse.(Australian Defence Force arbitrarily sacks after new labor relations law)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... A senior civilian nurse from an Australian Defence Force (ADF) medical centre in NSW was arbitrarily sacked two days after the introduction of the Howard Government's new industrial relations laws. Anne Woodward was removed from her...

Better tests lead to better results in antenatal monitoring.(NAT)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Nurses to join in national day of protest.(industrial relations law protest rally by nurses)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Nurses open their hearts.(volunteers)
June 1, 2006

Mental health: it's time for action: a long-overdue investment in mental health is on the way. It's time for nursing to seize the opportunities, rise to the challenges and avoid the potholes.
June 1, 2006... Significant change is finally on the horizon after years of neglect, scandals and endless reports documenting the inadequacy of mental health funding and services in Australia. At a political level, mental health is at last being seen as an...

Release jailed nurses, urges Rice.(Condoleezza Rice )(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya on charges of intentionally infecting children with HIV while doing AIDS research should be released, USA Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said recently during a visit to Bulgaria. The nurses have...

Overseas nurse recruits stranded in UK.(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... A report from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in the UK reveals 37,000 internationally recruited nurses are unable to start a compulsory 20-day training program due to lack of funding and clinical placements. RCN general secretary Beverly...

New nurses face burnout in Canada.(job skills under pressure for nurses)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

New disaster response manual.(emergency repsonders manual)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Chernobyl death toll downplayed.(world)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Independent radiation scientists from the UK have accused the United Nation's sponsored International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) of downplaying the impact of the Chernobyl disaster. The IAEA and the...

Superannuation explained.
June 1, 2006

Nurses show leadership by demonstrating a commitment to sound governance.(professional)
June 1, 2006

Defending nurses against harsh IR laws.(industrial)
June 1, 2006... Key ANF officials and branch industrial officers met recently at a strategy day to discuss and debate future directions and ANF priorities in relation to the Howard Government's harsh industrial relations changes. The ANF is committed to...

Turning nursing into a business: what started out as a simple idea during a girl's weekend away has developed into a unique home nursing business venture for registered nurses, Prue Searles and Julie Duggin.(working life)
June 1, 2006

Management of asymptomatic hypoglycaemia in healthy term neonates for nurses and midwives.(clinical update)(www.joannabriggs.edu.au)
June 1, 2006

Cultured epithelial autografts.(Burns and wound care / Education: focus)
June 1, 2006

Mortality rates linked to after-hours discharges.(Focus Briefs)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

New research centre.(Queensland research centre)(Blue Care)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Shift-work may lower risk of Parkinson's.(Brief article)(Clinical report)
June 1, 2006... People who work rotating night shifts appear to have a lower risk of Parkinson's disease according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. A longer average duration of sleep increases the risk of developing the...

Breast cancer mortality ebbs.(breast cancer mortality rate declines)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006

Practice nurse wound training.(focus: Burns and wound care / Education)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... The recent expanded role of the practice nurse has required a rethink about current knowledge levels with regard to wound management. In the past most wound care in the community has been provided by community nursing services such as the Royal...

Compression therapy--getting it right.(leg ulcer treatment technique)
June 1, 2006... A multidisciplinary team consisting of nurses, scientists and biomedical engineers from Queensland University of Technology's Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation are undertaking an innovative research project to address the problem of...

Nursing the minor thermal burn wound.(focus: Burns and wound care / Education)
June 1, 2006

Wound fields and the undergraduate nurse.(focus: Burns and wound care
June 1, 2006... Teaching basic principles of colonisation, contamination and infection has revolutionised approaches to wound care. Wound colonisation is classified as the existence of bacteria with no obvious host reaction (Carrie 2005). The act of wound...

Nurse practitioners deliver wound care.(focus: Burns and wound care
June 1, 2006

It's only sunburn--a case study.(focus: Burns and wound care / Education)
June 1, 2006

Calendar.(Calendar)
June 1, 2006... Distance education courses for RNs Conducted by the College of Nursing (incorporating the NSW College of Nursing) The College of Nursing, Locked Bag 3030, Burwood, NSW, 1805 Ph: (02) 9745 7500 Childbirth education training programs ...

'I'm a nurse too you know, nurses are great!'.(Ged)
June 1, 2006